tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post5716483847951802853..comments2015-03-01T16:35:20.177-08:00Comments on Lost Live Dead: January 9-10, 1976: Sophie's, Palo Alto, CA: The Jerry Garcia Band with James BookerCorry342http://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-74949987357090506992014-04-07T16:08:14.269-07:002014-04-07T16:08:14.269-07:00thanks for writing this it was great to read, I ha...thanks for writing this it was great to read, I have to admit I didn&#39;t know thatJIM HAYEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17144855915509766862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-48661402800998059362013-12-31T20:39:21.003-08:002013-12-31T20:39:21.003-08:00&quot;why did Tutt STOP being Garcia&#39;s touring...&quot;why did Tutt STOP being Garcia&#39;s touring drummer... the same month JGB completed their excellent Arista debut album on which he played?&quot;<br /><br />This is not correct. They had barely started recording <i>Cats Under The Stars</i> in August 1977, when Tutt stopped touring. They were working on the album into 1978, probably right up to the departure for the March 1978 tour.JGMFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-20132504306081149892013-05-26T09:51:43.753-07:002013-05-26T09:51:43.753-07:00Yes, the Jan 7 &#39;76 tape is the rehearsal, and ...Yes, the Jan 7 &#39;76 tape is the rehearsal, and it appears that it was held at John Kahn&#39;s house. I had thought it was at Club Front (20 Front St), but I believe that the Garcia Band did not have the use of that until several months later.Corry342http://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-53210100130751849052013-05-26T00:26:00.936-07:002013-05-26T00:26:00.936-07:00that&#39;s the rehearsal. it&#39;s the best listen...that&#39;s the rehearsal. it&#39;s the best listen, imho. Christian Crumlishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387835312196490859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-461824979745584682012-10-30T05:29:24.027-07:002012-10-30T05:29:24.027-07:00Unfortunately, i only possess one of those shows, ... Unfortunately, i only possess one of those shows, and it must be mislabeled then: It says 01/07/76?<br /><br /> Set List:<br /> Tico Tico<br /> Don&#39;t Try To Be Your Brother&#39;s Keeper<br /> Something You&#39;ve Got<br /> Just A Closer Walk With Thee<br /> Irene Goodnight<br /> United, Our Thing Will Stand<br /> Cassified<br /> Right Back Together (Intro, where Booker stops the band to correct them &quot;its not a straight beat. It&#39;s [a] choppy thing. Real Choppy Funk&quot;<br /> Right Back Together (Despite being Ragged, Track Is FIRE!)<br /><br /> Could you, please, help me correctly label this show. Which of the two nights do you have this one listed as?<br /><br /> Thanks. <br /> Jedediah Liddellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765198604396629787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-76823316980065028762012-10-30T05:20:16.095-07:002012-10-30T05:20:16.095-07:00WOw.
whatta sight J.C.Booker must&#39;ve been....WOw.<br /><br /> whatta sight J.C.Booker must&#39;ve been.<br /><br /> Allegedly he walked with a limp.<br /> The limp combined with the Glass Eye/Patch, the lack of socks, and a &quot;hat bag&quot;. <br /><br /> Its fun to imagine what John &amp; Jerry&#39;s face would&#39;ve looked like. ...i can see them looking at each other with the big eyes. <br /><br /> (Btw, What is a Hat Bag?)<br /> Jedediah Liddellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01765198604396629787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-22370614454717050232012-07-12T14:47:31.513-07:002012-07-12T14:47:31.513-07:00Jerome &quot;Stump&quot; Monroe deputized for Ronn...Jerome &quot;Stump&quot; Monroe deputized for Ronnie Tutt on at least three occasions:<br /><br />Monday, November 8, 1971 - Philadelphia, PA [Tutt = flu]<br />Sunday, December 7, 1975 - Las Vegas, NV [Tutt = wife having baby]<br />Friday, June 24, 1977 - Madison, WI [Tutt = family emergency]Jerry's Brokendown Palaceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06451361448230329754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-66519513836745540922012-07-03T20:02:37.592-07:002012-07-03T20:02:37.592-07:00Brad, that may indeed be the connection. Kahn take...Brad, that may indeed be the connection. Kahn takes the blame for trying to bring Booker into the band--given the &#39;76 release of Maria&#39;s album, that may be where Kahn first heard Booker. The producer was the great Joe Boyd, who was largely responsible for Booker&#39;s resurrection, and he must have brought Booker to the session.<br /><br />Kahn must have been hanging out, or heard it from Maria, or a similar connection. A very sharp-eyed find, thanks.Corry342http://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-8182515690730240792012-07-03T18:13:21.119-07:002012-07-03T18:13:21.119-07:00Booker appears on Maria Muldaur&#39;s 1976 effort,...Booker appears on Maria Muldaur&#39;s 1976 effort, Sweet Harmony. Perhaps Muldaur is the conneciton that brought Booker and Garcia together?bRadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13085278326695599904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-15351843843058614932012-07-02T18:00:34.181-07:002012-07-02T18:00:34.181-07:00I never to my recollection saw James Booker at Man...I never to my recollection saw James Booker at Mandrake&#39;s, but I wasn&#39;t there all the time. Pinetop Perkins stopped by and played a few songs once, and that was beyond phenomenal! Charlie Musselwhite sat at a table and gave me a satisfied little smile, like he had pulled off a small miracle. Charlie loved to pull off a good surprise, and we all were the direct beneficiaries of his musical largess!barbara flaskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04117004332062687461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-60944753500457213762012-06-25T08:23:10.786-07:002012-06-25T08:23:10.786-07:00I heard it was some guy named &quot;the sufi&quot;...I heard it was some guy named &quot;the sufi&quot; who turned him on to persian. booker doesn&#39;t look very sufi to me!Markushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05221591247363983705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-18366412987226334542012-06-12T11:51:26.800-07:002012-06-12T11:51:26.800-07:00Did he ever come into Mandrake&#39;s?Did he ever come into Mandrake&#39;s?Jerry Garcia's Middle Fingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-44727644575062723982012-06-12T10:55:06.039-07:002012-06-12T10:55:06.039-07:00I never heard of this ... just let me say long liv...I never heard of this ... just let me say long lives James Booker!barbara flaskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04117004332062687461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-15188672563906589932012-06-11T18:52:49.140-07:002012-06-11T18:52:49.140-07:00Jerry was responsible for Jerry&#39;s bad habits. ...Jerry was responsible for Jerry&#39;s bad habits. As to possible enablers, James Booker is the least likely suspect.Corry342http://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-31793619383030054602012-06-11T12:11:33.900-07:002012-06-11T12:11:33.900-07:00I always heard that Booker was the one who got Gar...I always heard that Booker was the one who got Garcia into heroin. Anyone know if that is true?colin listonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02746188776865831091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-1385005544588659742012-05-29T21:56:10.855-07:002012-05-29T21:56:10.855-07:00The Jerry Garcia Band had to coordinate its tourin...The Jerry Garcia Band had to coordinate its touring schedule with both the Grateful Dead and Elvis Presley. Once in a while, Garcia or Elvis used a sub (Gregg Errico sat in for JGB on Dec 31 &#39;75, and Larry Londin subbed for Tutt a few times with Elvis). <br /><br />Elvis played a fair number of live shows, but compared to hard touring &#39;70s bands like the Grateful Dead, Foghat or Marshall Tucker, they didn&#39;t play that much. There is an excellent Elvis concert history for comparison (http://www.elvisconcerts.com/concerts/dbsearch.php). Thus there was a fair amount of room for Tutt to play with Jerry. <br /><br />Tutt is still around, and touring with Neil Diamond, but he has been fairly silent about his feelings about working with Garcia. Tutt always praises Garcia&#39;s music, but he is circumspect about what else may have gone down.Corry342http://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-48166212577507879392012-05-29T12:54:41.575-07:002012-05-29T12:54:41.575-07:00&quot;why did Tutt STOP being Garcia&#39;s touring...&quot;why did Tutt STOP being Garcia&#39;s touring drummer the very same month that Elvis died&quot;<br /><br />That is strange timing. Maybe Elvis&#39; death and Jerry&#39;s hard-living caused him to quit drugs or find Jeezus. I Googled him and he&#39;s still alive and still plays, so maybe someone knows the answer.Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07231522886424791492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-4250644494029208142012-05-29T10:26:08.341-07:002012-05-29T10:26:08.341-07:00Garcia needed JGB to be a regular source of person...Garcia needed JGB to be a regular source of personal income which would explain why Nicky Hopkins didn&#39;t work out, he was too unreliable. Same would go for Booker, and also I just can&#39;t hear him getting into contributing to the really long jams, one of the reasons people came to see Jerry. <br /><br />One thing I always wondered, possibly a subject for further investigation: how the hell was Ronnie Tutt able to hold down his gig with Elvis&#39; touring drummer, which I assume was fairly regular, while at the same time working around Jerry&#39;s Dead schedule in order to be his fulltime drummer in the Garcia band? And why did Tutt STOP being Garcia&#39;s touring drummer the very same month that Elvis died, and the same month JGB completed their excellent Arista debut album on which he played?Markushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05221591247363983705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-41688702317563639372012-05-25T16:18:27.990-07:002012-05-25T16:18:27.990-07:00JGMF:
Blair&#39;s outtake was the source I was th...JGMF:<br /><br />Blair&#39;s outtake was the source I was thinking of. I guess he did the so piano stuff the night I didn&#39;t go. Booker was indeed a genius, albeit an out of control one!cryptdevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944617292210813801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-58498042064531040112012-05-25T06:28:58.633-07:002012-05-25T06:28:58.633-07:00clap clap clap clap clap. Fantastic. I think you l...clap clap clap clap clap. Fantastic. I think you lay down every essential point, and I agree with everything you say. I want to echo your musical analysis (and crypt&#39;s), too: Booker just produced so damn much music, and was such an untameable guy, that it just couldn&#39;t work in a band. You&#39;re right: Garcia is mostly reduced to comping behind the Bayou Maharajah, The Emperor of the Ivories, the Piano Prince of New Orleans, on most tunes.<br /><br />Booker is so damn brilliant, I find the precious few hours of tape we have to be essential listening. &quot;Junco Partner&quot; is pure genius.<br /><br />A few thoughts. First, I notice that JB is credited on Waitress in a Donut Shop, and I also list some crossing with Geoff Muldaur. Combined with Kahn claiming credit (See below), I&#39;d say Kahn, not Tutt, brought him in.<br /><br />Blair Jackson&#39;s cutting room floor, which is just an incredibly wonderful resource, says this:<br /><br />http://www.blairjackson.com/chapter_fourteen_additions.htm:<br /><br />&quot;Booker was my idea,&quot; Kahn said with an embarrassed chuckle. &quot;I knew him from doing sessions in L.A. He came to my house in Mill Valley a couple of days before the gigs [at Sophie&#39;s in Palo Alto]. First he didn&#39;t show up until 5 in the morning. Me and Jerry were there and we&#39;re getting calls from his grandmother and his priest — Booker had gotten lost en route somehow; they&#39;d lost track of him. Finally I got a call and it was Booker himself. He was calling from Dan&#39;s Greenhouse, a liquor store. He was in front of there at 5 in the morning with an overcoat and no socks and a hat bag; that was it — no clothes. He had about 30 eye patches and eight or nine wigs.<br /><br />&quot;The shows were really cool. But he wouldn&#39;t learn any of our songs. We tried to teach him songs and he refused. He was a little crazed, so we ended up doing mostly his songs. He did half a set of solo piano and it was great; you could hear a pin drop. And he played things like the &quot;Minute Waltz&quot;; it was incredible. He could still play great. He could switch between piano and organ really easily and it would sound amazing. But he was out of his mind. He was watching cars go by and was checking out license plates and talking about the CIA. He saw a Louisiana license plate and then John Kennedy&#39;s name somewhere and that freaked him out. He saw bad omens everywhere and he was getting really weird. I didn&#39;t know he was that crazy, so I might have had delusions that we&#39;d stay together longer.&quot;Jerry Garcia's Middle Fingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-64609021577647676392012-05-24T21:23:47.014-07:002012-05-24T21:23:47.014-07:00crypt, its remarkable to hear an eyewitness accoun...crypt, its remarkable to hear an eyewitness account. Interesting also to hear that Kahn took responsibility (or blame) for bringing Booker in (my blog wasn&#39;t the source, its the first I&#39;m hearing of it).Corry342http://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-25425961501231591682012-05-24T18:49:10.345-07:002012-05-24T18:49:10.345-07:00I&#39;m embarrassed by the little yip of joy I let...I&#39;m embarrassed by the little yip of joy I let out upon seeing a new post.thoughtsonthedeadhttp://thoughtsonthedead.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-18069058759999438982012-05-24T14:23:17.931-07:002012-05-24T14:23:17.931-07:00The Sophies shows with Booker were simply booked a...The Sophies shows with Booker were simply booked as the Jerry Garcia Band. Since the last Hopkins show had been on 12/31/75, there had still been no official word of Nicky&#39;s departure, at least in the press I was aware of at the time. I went to the 2/9 show, and it was one of the wildest and weirdest Garcia shows I ever saw. Basically Booker took over and the rest of the band was doing their best to keep up with whatever poured out of his keyboard. Booker was clearly very lubricated with something(s) and spent the break at the bar imbibing prodigiously. Jerry did get in a few tunes from his usual repertoire at the time, but clearly with some difficulty. If I remember correctly (probably from one of your posts) Kahn took responsibility for bringing Booker to the band, with some chagrin. I missed the first couple of Keith and Donna shows, but saw a bunch of them in late February once John Wasserman had let on that the band now included Keith and Donna.cryptdevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944617292210813801noreply@blogger.com